Numbers 4:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

After that

These things

Numbers 3:30

General references

Exodus 37:5

Numbers 3:8

Numbers 4:4

Bible References

After that

But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing, because they were assigned the care of the holy things which they carried on their shoulders [when the tabernacle was moved].

Then the Kohathites moved out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before they arrived.

So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in accordance with everything that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried and crossed [the dry riverbed];

And when those who were carrying the ark of the Lord [by its poles] had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

Then David said, “No one is to carry the ark of God except the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.”

These things

and the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

General references

He put the carrying poles through the rings at the sides of the ark, to carry it.

They shall also take care of all the furnishings and utensils of the Tent of Meeting, and [attend to] the duties of the Israelites, doing the service of the tabernacle.

This is the work and responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle): the most holy things.